Inquiry Task #1: For your grade / course, identify the "generic" inquiry-based skills you currently employ with your students.
Competencies: Skills and Knowledge: demonstrate mastery of content knowledge covered in Biology Science Depth of Knowledge: Level1: Recall and Reproduction
Scientific Investigations: Use the process of scientific investigations to collect, organize, and analyze data to develop valid conclusions Science Depth Of Knowledge: Level 2: Skills and Concepts and Level 3: Strategic Thinking Inquiry Skills: Formulating Questions and Hypothesizing, Planning and Critiquing Investigations, Conducting Investigation and Evaluating Explanations
Scientific Literacy: Interpret, analyze and communicate scientific information Science Depth Of Knowledge: Level 2: Skills and Concepts, Level 3: Strategic Thinking and Level 4: Extended Thinking Inquiry Skills: Formulating Questions and Hypothesizing, Planning and Critiquing Investigations, Conducting Investigation and Evaluating Explanations
Inquiry Task #2: List the units that currently are taught in which inquiry skills appear.
Ecology
Macromolecules
Cell Structure and Function
Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis
Mitosis
Inquiry Task #3: Brain-storm ideas for how your current units or activities can be made more inquiry-based.
Inquiry Task #1: For your grade / course, identify the "generic" inquiry-based skills you currently employ with your students.
Competencies:
Skills and Knowledge: demonstrate mastery of content knowledge covered in Biology
Science Depth of Knowledge: Level1: Recall and Reproduction
Scientific Investigations: Use the process of scientific investigations to collect, organize, and analyze data to develop valid conclusions
Science Depth Of Knowledge: Level 2: Skills and Concepts and Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Inquiry Skills: Formulating Questions and Hypothesizing, Planning and Critiquing Investigations, Conducting Investigation and Evaluating Explanations
Scientific Literacy: Interpret, analyze and communicate scientific information
Science Depth Of Knowledge: Level 2: Skills and Concepts, Level 3: Strategic Thinking and Level 4: Extended Thinking
Inquiry Skills: Formulating Questions and Hypothesizing, Planning and Critiquing Investigations, Conducting Investigation and Evaluating Explanations
Inquiry Task #2: List the units that currently are taught in which inquiry skills appear.
Ecology
Macromolecules
Cell Structure and Function
Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis
Mitosis
Inquiry Task #3: Brain-storm ideas for how your current units or activities can be made more inquiry-based.
http://www.education.nh.gov/instruction/assessment/necap/science.htm